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Titanic History

Wednesday, March 18, 2026
1882 - 1st class passenger Mr Joseph Holland Loring was born.

1948 - 1st class survivor Mr Alfred Fernand Omont died at the age of 65.

1873 - 2nd class survivor Mrs Amelia "Milley" Lemore was born to the Hunt family in London, England, UK.

1872 - 3rd class passenger Mrs Frances Marie Lefebvre was born to Anselme Daumont (coalminer) and Catherine David (housewife) in Escaudain, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.

1876 - 3rd class passenger Mrs Hulda Kristina Eugenia Klasén was born to Peter Edvard Löfqvist.

1894 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Leah Aks was born to Morris Rosen and his wife in Warsaw, Poland.

1867 - Able Seaman and survivor Mr Charles H. Pascoe was born to Anthony Pascoe (naval pensioner) in Perran, North Cornwall, England, UK.

1892 - Cashier and survivor Miss Mabel Edwina Martin was born in Acton, London, England, UK.

1880 - Fireman / Stoker and survivor Mr Charles Rice was born in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.

1889 - Musician (violinist) and 2nd class passenger Mr Georges Alexandre Krins was born in Paris, France.

1934 - Trimmer and survivor Mr Frederick Sheath died at the age of 42.

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Diamond Background


For all those webmasters who are bored with their seamless backgrounds and think it's high time for something different, I've got your answer. A diamond background. This article will show you how to make this background in particular:
http://back-to-titanic.com/waves/copal/may00_dia2.html
It's highly simplified, so make this one first and mess around with it all you like.

1. Open an image file, anything that's larger than 200x200 pixels. Duplicate the background layer (by default it will be named "Background copy"). Delete the background layer, leaving just its copy.

2. Select the "Cropping Tool" and double-click on it. The options on the right will appear. Check the box beside "Fixed Target Size" and enter 200 pixels by 200 pixels at 72 pixels/inch. Crop your image.

3. Go to "Image | Rotate Canvas" and select 45 degrees (CW or CCW doesn't matter).

4. Duplicate that layer. For either layer, go to "Edit | Transform | Rotate 180."

5. Go to "Filter | Offset" and "Wrap Around" the second layer. (See Seamless Backgrounds for more information on Offsetting)

You may need to put in a background color ("Layer | New | Background" and the background color will become your background) if the seams don't match perfectly, but just find something that won't be too obvious.

Stretch it into more of a diamond shape by going to "Image | Image Size," deselect the "Constrain Aspect Ratio" box and make the height 5-15 pixels bigger. If you want it to be wider rather than longer, simply increase the width instead.

One of the things you might try is making more than two diamonds before it repeats. If you'd like to do this add "Image | Canvas Size" and make sure you're adding 200, 300, 400, etc. percent of the height and/or width.


The next issue will include how to make this background:
http://back-to-titanic.com/waves/copal/jun00_stripes.html





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